When you think of Tahiti, if you dream of mangoes, pineapples, papayas. This lesson is definitely for you! The object of this lesson is to acquire the vocabulary of fruits and vegetables in Tahitian.
Here we go!
Let’s start with the basis
First, let’s learn how to say fruit and vegetable.
| English | Tahitian |
| The fruit | Te māa hotu |
| The vegetable | Te māa tupu |
We meet 2 verbs: Hotu and tupu.
| Tahitian | English |
| Hotu | To fruit, to produce in abundance (for a tree) |
| Tupu | To grow, to germinate, to occur, to take place |
Fruits
In this second chapter, here are the fruits in Tahitian.
| English | Tahitian |
| The pineapple | Te painapo (from the English, pineapple) |
| The avocado | Te âvota |
| The banana | Te mei’a |
| The papaya | Te îīta |
| The apple | Te âpara (from the English, apple) |
| The apple star | Te âpara feti’a |
| The apple cinnamon | Te tapotapo |
| The pear | Te pea |
| The lemon | Te tāporo |
| The orange | Te ânani |
| The grapefruit | Te ânani popaā |
| The strawberry | Te maupere popaā |
| The raspberry | Te rāhipere |
| The watermelon, the melon | Te merēni |
| The mango | Te vī |
Orange means the fruit and also the color. As seen in the previous lesson: Colors in Tahitian
| English | Tahitian |
| The orange (fruit) | Te ânani |
| Orange (color) | Puatou |
We meet some new vocabulary:
| Tahitian | English |
| Te feti’a | The star, the medal |
| Te popaā | The white-skinned person of foreign origin (who is not Polynesian) |
Vegetables
In this third chapter, we have the vegetables in Tahitian.
| English | Tahitian |
| The carott | Te taroti |
| The cucumber | Te tōtoma |
| La tomato | Te tōmāti |
| The cabbage, all green vegetables | Te pota |
| The chinese cabbage | Te pota tinitō |
| The broccoli | Te pota tiare mātie (traduit : le chou à fleur verte) |
| The sugar cane | Te tō |
| The corn | Te tō popaā |
| The sweet potato | Te ‘umara |
| The potato | Te ‘umara pūtete |
| The yam | Te ufi |
| The cassava | Te maniota |
| The taro | Te taro |
| The breadfruit fruit | Te ‘uru |
| The coconut | Te haari |
| The Polynesian chestnut | Te māpē |
| The bean | Te pipi |
The new vocabulary is the following:
| Tahitian | English |
| Tinitō | Chinese |
| Mātie | Green (color), also means : the grass |
| Pūtete | Always used with ‘umara pūtete to say potato |
Vegetables in seasoning
Some vegetables are used in seasoning.
| English | Tahitian |
| The onion | Te ‘oniāni |
| The garlic | Te ‘oniāni piropiro |
| The ginger | Te re’a (also means: saffron, egg yolk, flower pollen) |
| The vanilla | Te vānira |
You remember, we learned in the lesson: Colors in Tahitian
| English | Tahitian |
| The ginger | Te re’a (also means: saffron, egg yolk, flower pollen) |
| Yellow | Re’are’a |
Let’s resume
With this lesson, we have just learned the fruits and vegetables vocabulary in Tahitian. And aslo, we have learned 47 words and vocabulary expressions.